One more blow to the bottom line: Sears Holdings has cut about 400 jobs, mostly at its Hoffman Estates headquarters, this puts the company under the employment threshold required to receive the annual tax breaks it brokered in a 2011 deal with the... — read more 

This is for the ones who gave their all. The 30-50 year associates that remember the days back when the family owned it. This year would be 26 for me. Also, the 1+ year folks. Thanks for the memories! Please remember that Ed could have liquidated the... — read more 

They just hired 150 minimum wage call center employees, a few of which I see daily smoking weed in the parking lot. This place has become a dump.

As someone who was part of the layoffs in Feb, I can say that the Sears paperwork for severance is terrible. Conflicting language to start with, but very little help from the HR dept who directed all questions to the 88-sears number (and they're... — read more 

Have leaders at the top deliver the news to us. Do not hide behind an email. I would respect you more. And I don't necessarily mean Eddie, any leader would have been good Have leadership provide us with words of encouragement or support or anything... — read more 

My store has gotten bad, no one cares. We do what we want, when we want. We even started shutting down early some days and go in the back room and smoke cigs and have some beers. One guy even hooked up with a cute gal from pliances. What are they... — read more 

Does anyone know if they still have a Store Coaches School at Hoffman were they teach 20 something year olds to become Store Managers? I work at a Kmart and we have been without a store manager for a few months and continue to be told that one is... — read more 

I heard that several Kmart stores were running "Inventory Blowout Sales." It sounds eerily similar to a store closing sale... No roto's ran during the sale, just % off everything in the store. However, unlike a store closing sale, it's still ran by... — read more 

Do we have any people left there. It seems that every person I knew there either got cut in 2015 or today. What's going on with Apparel Buying in San Francisco - it's scary. I wish you all good luck, some amazing individuals work or had worked there... — read more 

Some were sad, others were mad, some others were glad to go. None of it was good. At a blink of an eye, these people had jobs when they went home last night and now they don't. There is some talk about an exodus, at least among us, the mid-level... — read more 

As someone who was part of the layoffs in Feb, I can say that the Sears paperwork for severance is terrible. Conflicting language to start with, but very little help from the HR dept who directed all questions to the 88-sears number (and they're... — read more 

So after yet another post on this site that turned out to be right... where are all the cheerleaders at that continue to stand by the company. This site is not just about gossip, it is about facts, and for all of you in denial that this company is... — read more 

Seems that sears only keeps the people that are incompetent with no morals and the wrong way of treating their associates. They don't care about their customers. Only what they can get out of them. Like getting them credit they didn't sign up for... — read more 

http://www.businessinsider.com/sears-is-slashing-more-jobs-2017-6 Haley will you marry me?

Restructuring Actions As you are aware, in February we initiated a strategic restructuring effort to become a more agile and competitive retailer with a clear path toward profitability. As part of our efforts to simplify our organizational structure... — read more 

"Sears Canada Inc. on Tuesday raised doubts about its ability to continue as a going concern, saying cash and estimated cash flows from operations were not expected to be enough to meet obligations over the next 12 months."... — read more 

Note from Eddie, in part: "As part of our efforts to simplify organizational structure, today we announce the difficult decision to eliminate approximately 400 full-time positions athat our corporate offices and support functions, in addition to... — read more 

I received 8 weeks severance pay because I had over 18 years with the company. I was full-timer all of my years, I received my severance pay just like a regular pay check. They did not take out for medical and dental at all, I was glad. The severance... — read more 

Good luck

We all got a nice laugh at our daily beat-down, I mean rally, today. When the store manager asked what we would do ti fulfill our commitment to the company for metrics, a great salesman started out like he was very serious. "I , for one, am tired of... — read more 

Amazon stock - $978.31 Sears stock - $7.06 Any questions? If you haven't started looking for a job, look.

Our operations zone supervisor was told this week that her position is being eliminated next week,and job will now be classified as backroom lead,at a pay cut of course,but probably still being expected to do the same job as before. Is this happening... — read more 

I am in charge of the backroom at a Sears store. My team, if you can call it that, has no respect for my authority and will laugh in my face or throw a tantrum when I tell them to do something, depending on which associate I speak to. I thought I had... — read more 

When we got furniture like sofas or chairs that were returned, we put them in our breakroom after 605 had scanned them out. When the microwave died, we just took another one off the shelf. And the employees pretty much took whatever they wanted off... — read more 

Many Sears optical have been hit by thieves and boldly they are taking the entire stock of frames and walking out. Now Sears optical have to stay open until the host closes.

There was a contest for credit and the stores won a breakroom makeover, up to $2000.00. The money can only be spent on the breakroom, so no luncheons, gift cards for associates, prizes, etc.--in other words, no real benefits for associates. The money... — read more 

Rumor is another RIF next week at SHC

This Sears Holiday Inventory question popped up in the thread below - I think it'll be a very important issue and I am really not sure how things will play out. I wanted to open this thread to see what other folks thought about how the holiday... — read more 

Not sure if this is the right place where I can ask this question. Anyhow, do you know if we have plans to close stores here in Las Vegas, Nevada. Nothing was communicated to us employees, and I have a feeling that they are keeping us uninformed on... — read more 

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/sears-suing-another-tool-vendor-135758981.html

Before I get into it I have assumed that Lampert will take this thing to the bitter end, which if suppliers allow will mean he sells off and the company burns through every last asset left. costs and cash burn per year the company is currently... — read more 

https://www.thestreet.com/story/14167908/1/sears-is-going-down-the-drain-in-front-of-all-our-faces-but-tesla-sure-isn-t-just-yet.html

I work in the OBU and have come across a number of bullies in my time, and more than just bullies, really cruel, heartless people. There's one currently on the team, she would happily stab you and your family in the back just to enhance her own... — read more 

We just found out this morning @10:45am. Sears Holdings contacted the local news stations today, and they were coming into the store and telling outside customers this evening. So if you were off today, you would have seen it on the 10pm news or... — read more 

This has got to be the SLOWEST tearing off of a band aid in history. No enough money to stock the shelves, much less modernize the stores to make them competitive with pretty much anyone. NO ONE expects us to to be around in 5 years, so why continue... — read more 

Department Stores see bigger job loss than coal mines: https://www.usatoday.com/videos/money/2017/06/06/department-stores-see-bigger-job-loss-than-coal-mines/101709730/

Can lease renewal be used to predict if a Kmart will be closing? Not sure if this is applicable to Sears, but I see more people responding here. Thank you.